US 12,077,900 B2
Laundry treatment apparatus
Jaehyung Kim, Seoul (KR); Semin Jang, Seoul (KR); Jinhyuk Jang, Seoul (KR); and Boram Noh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,046.
Application 18/330,046 is a continuation of application No. 17/365,579, filed on Jul. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,708,661.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0054330 (KR), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313442 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 71/29 (2006.01); D06F 71/04 (2006.01); D06F 71/34 (2006.01); D06F 71/40 (2006.01); D06F 87/00 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 71/29 (2013.01) [D06F 71/04 (2013.01); D06F 71/34 (2013.01); D06F 71/40 (2013.01); D06F 87/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a cabinet having a laundry inlet defined at one surface thereof;
a first chamber positioned inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein through the laundry inlet;
a second chamber that is positioned underneath the first chamber and defines a space separate from a space of the first chamber;
a steamer disposed inside the second chamber and configured to generate steam and to supply the generated steam to the first chamber;
a door pivotably coupled to the cabinet and configured to open and close the laundry inlet;
a door inner surface facing the first chamber;
a base plate coupled to the door inner surface;
a first shaft disposed parallel to a height direction of the door;
a second shaft disposed perpendicular to the height direction of the door;
a first pressurizing plate pivotably coupled to the door inner surface or the base plate and disposed to face the base plate, the first pressurizing plate being configured to pivot around the first shaft, wherein the first pressurizing plate is configured to mount and pressurize pants; and
a second pressurizing plate pivotably coupled to the door inner surface or the base plate and disposed to face the first pressurizing plate, the second pressurizing plate being configured to pivot around the second shaft,
wherein the first pressurizing plate includes:
a first surface facing the base plate,
a second surface facing the second pressurizing plate, and
a mounting corner having a curved shape and connecting the first surface and the second surface to each other, wherein the pants are folded at the mounting corner, and
wherein a first cross-sectional width of the first pressurizing plate at the mounting corner is greater than a second cross-sectional width of the first pressurizing plate between the first surface and the second surface.